It’s another two-fer French Friday today! I made two French Fridays with Dorie recipes this week: Christine’s Simple Party Soups and Baked Apples Filled with Fruits and Nuts.

Christine’s Simple Party Soups are a trio of simple vegetable soups: asparagus, broccoli, and red pepper. The technique is the same for each soup. Simply simmer the vegetables in chicken broth until tender, then puree and season with salt and pepper. Serve the soups with a dollop of flavored whipped cream and you are good to go!

Rather than trying to tackle all three soups, I chose to make just the broccoli soup. As advertised, it was very simple to make. The cream was flavored with curry powder, which I felt added a very nice flavor.

I served the soup with grilled cheese sandwiches for a simple weeknight meal. We liked the soup, but probably not enough for me to make it again.

Great job knocking out two recipes. As well as picking broccoli as the soup to try, as that was my favorite. Not a reflection on the soups – I just prefer broccoli to pepper or asparagus. (hubby got those). Love the bright color green of your soup. I need to re do the apple recipe since I actually managed to misread and mess it up. Unbelieveable.